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  2. SHORT STORY

    JAMES CARLTON was barely forty, yet he had lived his life long ago. All his interests were dead, buried in the past, and for him existence had ceased ...

    Article : 3,151 words
  3. Odds and Ends

    THE driver of an old four-wheeler turned into one of the Edison phonograph shops the other night to have two pennyworth of ‘graph.‘ The attendant ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. A RARE BARGAIN.

    Young Wife: ‘Oh, Henry, I made such a splendid barg[?] to day. You know we have all that wood to out, and a poor man called to-day and I said I would give him ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. Miscellaneous..

    A STRANGE species of another exists in India commonly known as the vegetable boa constrictor,’ which twines about giant trees so tightly as to choke ...

    Article : 422 words
  6. NOT BUILT FOR TWO.

    An Irishman named Michael joined his brother James in America The money he brought over, added to James’s savings, enabled them to go into the [?] business. In ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
  7. NINE MILES ABOVE THE EARTH

    Sounding balloons are designed to travel in couples. Two of them are sent up together connected by a light cord about 150 feet in length. One of the balloons carries ...

    Article : 409 words
  8. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES

    Ingredients:—1½lbs fillet vial, ¼lb bacon, 1½ozs butter, ½ dozen olives, 1½ ozs butter, salt and pepper, 1 [?] brown sauce, some veal [?] (recipe for which has been ...

    Article : 160 words
  9. CURRIED CHICKEN.

    Ingredients:-1 chicken, ¾ pt. white stock, 2oz batter, 1oz curry powder, ½oz flour, 1 teaspoonful curry paste, ½oz. cocoanut, 1 dessertspoonful chutney, 1 apple, 1 ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. HE HAD NOTICED.

    Father (who is always trying to teach his son Low to set while at table): [?] ‘Well John, you see when I have finished eating, I always leave the table,’ ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. Housekeeper.

    THE healthfulness of a dwelling is very much increased by its being constantly whitewashed, whitewash should be made by pouring boiling water ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE

    A country paper [?] helped her husband to grow seventy acres of wheat. The way she helped him was to stand in the door and shake a broom ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. BOILED SPINACH.

    Ingredients:—3 bunches spinach, 1½ozs. butter, and the same of flour, salt and pepper, croutons of fried or toasted bread. Method. -Pick off the stalks and wash ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. SIGHS.

    Oh, the size of the sighs which a fond lover sighs, When some fleet casts him off for a better Can never [?]up with the [?] of the sighs ...

    Article : 37 words
  15. WHAT THEY WERE.

    Franklin was a printer. [?] was a druggist, Mahomet Ali was a barber Virgil was the son of a p[?] was the son of a scavenger, Horac[?] was ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. Items of Interest.

    WORSHIP.—A reverent remembrance of God, and giving honour to Him with the intention of the soul.— There is not surely any other complete ...

    Article : 628 words
  17. FORESTALLED.

    ‘And now, dear,’ slid the delighted [?] ‘when may I speak to your father? ‘You don’t have to, George, replied the sweet young thing who had[?] ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. CHEAP CEMENT FOR GENERAL USE,

    To make a cheap cement for general use, mix gum acacia (pulverised) 1oz., French isinglass 2oz , vinegar 4oz , essence of sassafras 5 drops. After mixing allow it to ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. SPINACH AND POACHED EGGS

    Ingredients Spinach as prepared in above recipe, 6 poached eggs, 6 slices of nicely made toast. Method.—Make the spinach p[?] as in ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. A STIRRING ADVENTURE.

    Jones:‘ Did you read about that man who swallowed his tea-spoon?’ Brown: ‘No. What happened to him!’ Jones: ‘Oh. he can’t stir. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 30 words
  21. THE RATTLESNAKE’S TAIL,

    When examined with philosophical deliberation the mechanism is truly wonderful Nor was it given to that venomous reptile without a purpose. There is not a ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. NEW TREATMENT FOR ECZEMA

    Dr. Radcliffe Crooker has proposed a new way of treating obstinately recurring eczema, which is well worthy of attention, as it does not interfere with other ...

    Article : 160 words
  23. VANILLA CREAM.

    Ingredients:—1 pt, cream, 1oz, castor sugar, ½or. gelatine, 1 gill water, 1 teaspoonful essence vanilla. Method.—Soak the gelatine in the water ...

    Article : 65 words
  24. THE FIRST MENTION OF VEGETABLES,

    Most of the species of vegetable we now cultivate have bean grown and eaten for centuries. Even before the Christian era, many of them were in use. Lettuce has ...

    Article : 272 words
  25. Science and Invention

    THE largest mass of ice on earth has been accumulating in Greenland for thousands of years, and the immense block is suppessd to average a mile and a ...

    Article : 135 words
  26. TURKISH BATHS

    In these days it is possible to have a Turkish bath comfortably at home, and many people hesitate to take advantage of it merely because of a doubt as to whether ...

    Article : 222 words
  27. WASTE NOT-WANT NOT.

    He: ‘I’m all right now-much better. I’m a-goin’ to got up.’ She: ‘Din’t you be a fool. You just stay in bed till you ’ave tub the rest of the ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. AN EARLY FAMILY.

    ’Patrick,’ said a manager to one of his boys, ‘you must be an early riser, I always fi[?]d you at work the first thing in the morning.’ ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. PERSONAL ODOURS

    That each individual of the human race has an odour peculiar to himself was first taught by the dog’s ability to [?] his master. Hammond showed that odours ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. SEIZED.

    A gentleman in a country town was agreeably surprised the other day to find a plump turkey served up for his dinner, and [?]quired of his servant how it was ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. GAS Y. STEAM ENGINE.

    The progress made in recent years with gas [?] of [?] power [?] raises the question [?] they may not take the [?] of steam engines in large ...

    Article : 300 words
  32. THE ABDOMINAL BRAIN.

    Many persons suffer from headache, diz[?] of [?] or similar unpleasant symptoms after meals. These are evidences of indigestion. We have two ...

    Article : 299 words
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